gates of the 16th century but there's plenty of sway to be an understatement here and where house that statement doesn't catch work well you can see that there is no jewelry and there are no visible hands. that always see as his dark cabin door code and the 4 that he's wearing as well as the very valuable brigade hat that point to his wealth. this reserve was very typical for swabian merchants. to push for. a what's the story here does the man go to the painter and say paint me or did the painter come to him. he. came to an imperial council here and asked him to paint him. because of course anyone less would have been unthinkable if it. was already very famous the quality of the painting is obvious. he's depicted very clearly in